Crafting State-Nations : India and other multinational democracies / Alfred Stepan, Juan J. Linz, Yogendra Yadav.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stepan, Alfred C., author.

Linz, Juan J. (Juan José), 1926-2013, author.

Yadav, Yogendra, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multinational states--Case studies.

Multinational states.

Democracy--Case studies.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (331 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Empirically thorough and conceptually clear, Crafting State-Nations will have a substantial impact on the study of comparative political institutions and the conception and understanding of nationalism and democracy.

Contents:

Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; 1 Comparative Theory and Political Practice: Do We Need a ''State-Nation'' Model as Well as a ''Nation-State'' Model?; 2 India as a State-Nation: Shared Political Community amidst Deep Cultural Diversity; 3 Four Indian Cases That Challenge State-Nation Theory?; 4 Tamils in India: How State-Nation Policies Helped Construct Multiple but Complementary Identities; 5 Tamils in Sri Lanka: How Nation-State Policies Helped Construct Polar and Conflictual Identities; 6 Ukraine: State-Nation Policies in a Unitary State

7 Federacy: A Formula for Democratically Managing Multinational Societies in Unitary States8 The U.S. Federal Model and Multinational Societies: Some Problems for Democratic Theory and Practice; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-8018-9942-7

OCLC:

793202946